The OPEC of Maple Syrup Taps Its Stockpile to Make Sure Your Pancakes Are Covered
11/19/2021 11:50 AMFear not, pancake lovers. The OPEC of maple syrup plans to dip into its sticky stockpile to cover a shortfall of the breakfast staple.The organization, Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, said it is draining nearly 50 million pounds of syrup from barrels in its strategic...
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Grocers, feds vow to keep B.C.’s food supply-chain strong
11/19/2021 11:11 AMGrocers and governments are vowing that B.C.'s food supply chain will stay strong, in the wake of landslides and highway collapses that have strained the province's supply chain. Canada's Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra told media at an afternoon news conference...
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‘I won’t be here next year’: Canadians robbed of life by delayed diagnoses amid pandemic
11/18/2021 12:22 PMBonnie Robinson is adamant about getting a mammogram every year. With a history of breast cancer in her family, the 73-year-old from Kemptville, Ont. understands the importance of getting her regular screens so any abnormalities are caught early, before becoming...
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Supply chain crisis shows signs of gradually easing
11/18/2021 11:44 AMSlowly but surely, the supply chain bottlenecks that have plagued the global economy for over a year appear to be easing—or at least have been circumvented. The country’s largest retailers all said in unison this week that supply chain snags won’t play the role of the...
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Definity raises $1.4B in largest Canadian IPO of 2021
11/18/2021 11:32 AMDefinity Financial Corp., the property and casualty insurer formerly known as Economical Mutual Insurance Co., raised about $1.4 billion (US$1.1 billion) in the largest Canadian initial public offering of the year. A total of 63.6 million shares were sold for $22...
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Schachter’s Eye on Energy for November 17th
11/17/2021 11:41 AMEach week Josef Schachter gives you his insights into global events, price forecasts and the fundamentals of the energy sector. Josef offers a twice monthly Black Gold newsletter covering the general energy market and 30 energy, energy service and pipeline &...
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Another Fine Mess
11/17/2021 11:39 AM“This is a fine mess that you’ve gotten us into Ollie” ~ Stan Laurel to Oliver Hardy in Another Fine Mess 1930 Maybe “Houston, we have a problem” from the movie Apollo 13 is more apropos. We’re dealing with significant increases in inflation, record government debt,...
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Australian baseball club Perth Heat to pay athletes in Bitcoin
11/17/2021 10:53 AMAustralian baseball club Perth Heat has announced a partnership with Bitcoin payment processor OpenNode to accept and make payments in Bitcoin (BTC). The partnership allows Perth Heat to pay professional players and staff in Bitcoin. According to the announcement, the...
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Trudeau risks stoking inflation with stimulus plans, Scotiabank says
11/17/2021 10:35 AMPrime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is at risk of adding to Canada’s inflation problem if it unveils more big-ticket spending measures this fall, a Bank of Nova Scotia economist said in a note to clients. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to give...
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Coastal GasLink pipeline is blockaded in new trouble for project
11/17/2021 10:23 AMThe B.C. government is calling for the blockades by the Gidimt’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation outside of the Coastal GasLink project to end. Starting at 5 a.m. Sunday, the clan told workers they had eight hours to “peacefully evacuate” the area before the...
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